News | Published on 30th Jan 2017
There are an estimated 9 million inefficient boilers still installed in UK homes. The English Housing Survey shows that privately owned and rented homes are more likely to have a noncondensing boiler, the least efficient type, yet the support to replace these boilers is being cut. HHIC believes that installing a new condensing boiler is one of the most effective ways to reducing fuel poverty and helping to reduce family energy bills.
We are however pleased that BEIS recognise the importance of first time central heating systems as a means of tackling fuel poverty, but we would have liked to see more specific support as outlined in the report from our parent association the Energy and Utilities Alliance; Fuel poverty- ‘A Connected Solution’ ‘
You can read the government’s response to ECO here.
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